Strong wind, snow, and dogs. Not the best combo. Thought it might be a good place to do 1000M repeats, but the paved trails are closer to .40 than .62. Weather looks better later in the week (40-50 degrees).

Started running 5:45 pace down Union Street for some reason. Decided to slow down for a 1 mile warm up and treat myself to an early birthday workout. 4 miles @ tempo pace, average 7:27 (7:26, 7:29, 7:34, 7:21), cooled down for 2.25 miles

Run up Greenbush to put in some hill climbs, went to Wolf Park to explore the outskirts of town, did some climbs there and on the way back, some 90% efforts for turnover and form. Basically I did whatever felt right. Excellent birthday run.

Mondays have been strange running days. This started as an easy 7-8 and turned into a easy warmup to series of marathon pace miles followed by three 10K-HMP miles and one more at marathon pace. And this is officially the first long run of the spring season. Trying to go by feel a bit more rather than the watch and it is paying off nicely.